Commissioners buy new truck
County Judge wants bounty for killing feral hogs
BY GLORIA JENNINGS STAFF WRITER

Cherokee County Commissioners met briefly Monday morning to consider an agenda of 12 items including the purchase of a pickup truck for the license and weight officer.

Commissioners approved the purchase of a Ford pickup truck from Tipton Ford in Nacogdoches for the sum of $17,283.55. The truck was priced at $27,783.55 and Tipton allowed a $10,500 trade-in for a 2003 pickup.

In another matter commissioners authorized the signing of a joint resolution with the Northeast Texas Beaver and Feral Hog Management Program. The resolution is being sponsored by the East Texas Council of Governments. Funds will be sought from the state to help with the problems of beavers and feral hogs.

County Judge Chris Davis said he wished some kind of bounty would be enacted for killing feral hogs.

Commissioners approved bonds for county officials.

Commissioners approved the obtaining of bids for the purchase of dump trucks and pickup trucks for one or more precincts.

Commissioner Kevin Pierce, Pct. 3, announced that the North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority will meet at the Norman Activity Center in Jacksonville on the second Tuesday in March.

Steve McCarty, Cherokee County's representative on the board is scheduled to be reappointed at the next commissioners meeting.

Monthly reports from constables in precincts 1 and 3 were approved at the meeting. Also representatives of the health unit will attend a perinatal hepatitis B prevention program state conference. The court reporter was authorized to attend court reporters' continuing education seminar.

Attending the meeting were Judge Davis; Commissioners Mary Gregg, Pierce, Moody Glass III and Byron Underwood; County Clerk Laverne Lusk; and County Auditor L.H. Crockett.

The next meeting of the commissioners court will be at 10 a.m. Monday, Feb. 12.